Azienda Agricola Mandirola

The history of Mandirola’s wine dates back to 1913, when my great-grandfather Enrico bought a farm, established at the beginning of the 19th Century, known as “ il Muntagnei” (which means Little Mountain in the local dialect), from a certain Mr. Biasei, a wealthy landholder, who at the time owned the major part of the best lands in Casasco.

The property was made up of ten/twelve hectares of land, where mainly grapes, wheat and corn were grown.

Later in the 50s and 60s my grandfather Giovanni, together with his sons Lino, Mario, Bruno and Giorgio, as well as continuing the traditional farm activities, started to produce increasing quantities of wine giving more space to the vineyard year after year.

In the following decade, the farm and winery were extended and new properties in the close municipality of Momperone in Piani di Casasco were acquired. Here other twelve hectares of land were bought, where at the time the largest plum orchard in Piedmont would be set up with its 4000 fruit trees. This decision led to a diversification in the farm strategy, allowing us to keep up with the increasing advanced technologies.

Today these lands represent one of the two main branches of the company. They are cultivated with hazelnut trees, with the precious round gentle variety of the Langhe.

Between the 80s and the end of the last century Mandirola winery developed into its current configuration by purchasing the lands called “Lù della Costa”, “Saröre” as well as the historical “Tantei”, the most ancient Timorasso vineyard, with its 90 years of history.

“I had always taken part in the company’s life since I was a child and I joined it definitively at the end of the 90s, in parallel with a decisive change of perspective in Mandirola’s Wines. My personal studies and my agronomic and oenological knowledge are at the basis of the innovations related to agricultural and winemaking techniques, which were brought over the following years.

My resolute commitment to maintaining high values of care, tradition and sustainability alongside cutting-edge processes has gradually crafted the wines that today represent Mandirola’s selection.”

Enrico Mandirola

Through the latest Mandirola generation, with the arrival of Cecilia in November 2020 and Francesco in September 2025, new life came into Casasco and will freely reap the family heritage.

SUSTAINABLE WINERY

We love working our land and vineyards with passion and commitment in order to safeguard and preserve our wine district and its uniqueness. For more than 100 years we have been proudly carrying on a precise identity that you will perceive since your very first taste of wine. Today Mandirola extends over 30 hectares Eleven of them are cultivated with vines using Guyot  and spurred cordon systems.

The vineyards cover the right hillside which connects Casasco to Magrassi. They are southwest oriented and located at an altitude between 300 and 350 metres.

The peculiarity of Casasco Hills, owing to their southwest and southeast exposition, as well as their pedo-climatic uniqueness, provides the ideal environment for growing grapes, which are less exposed to fungal contamination and sudden frosts.

This natural heritage combined with a far-sighted management and the adoption of exclusive agronomic techniques have resulted in a progressive treatment reduction, thus favouring grape and wine purity.

The vineyards are planted employing the traditional Piedmontese system named a cavalcapoggio, which means crosswise or up and down a slope.

This cultivation system allows us to significantly reduce surface land erosion caused by rainwater, thus preventing landslides in case of extreme weather events, phenomena that in recent years unfortunately occur more and more often.

These features contribute to developing the essential nutrient elements for plants and allow us to obtain an excellent grape production, in terms of quality and quantity.

The average age of the vineyards is about 40 years. The planting layout, namely the distance between vines and the distance between vine rows is usually 1 mt. x 2,5 mt. on average, equal to an investment of about 4000 plants per hectare.

Our trellis system is made of chestnut wood in the oldest vineyards and steel in the most recent.

Reduced production per hectare and cautious use of fertilizers and pesticides, fully comply with environmental sustainability criteria established by the European Union to safeguard the consumer.

Only sulphur and copper powder treatments are employed. We can even proudly state that grass still grows in our vineyards.

We vinify grapes using concrete tanks, which are over 40 years old, still bought by my father. Using this material for the aging, results in the wine acquiring unique characteristics.